Kaitlin Quevedo wins at Sao Paulo for first WTA title

PARIS (Agencies): Kaitlin Quevedo of Spain turned a dominating burst to open the third set into a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Nadia Podoroska of Argentina ​in the final of the SP Open at Sao Paulo, ‌Brazil. It was the first career WTA tournament victory for Quevedo, who made her tour-level debut in January. Podoroska took the opening set by breaking Quevedo’s serve twice in the ​opening three games. More trouble emerged when Quevedo again was broken ​to open the second set but she dominated from there ⁠while winning 62% of her second-serve returns and saving five of ​nine break points.

Singapore Open:

No. 5 seed Maja Chwalinska of Poland earned an easy ​6-4, 6-2 victory over wild-card Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia in the first round as the French Open finalist looks to reignite the back half of her season. Chwalinska, who moved ​on from France to lose in the first round at Wimbledon ​and the U.S. Open, won the last four games of the second set to advance. No. ‌6 ⁠seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the opening round over Kyoka Okamura of Japan. Joanna Garland of Taiwan and Talia Gibson of Australia also won first-round matches.

Korea Open:

No. 3 seed Lanlana Tararudee ​finished off a ​6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 ⁠victory over Moyuka Uchijima of Japan in the first round at Seoul, South Korea. No. 5 seed Maya Joint ​of Australia also advanced out of the first round with ​a ⁠2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3 victory over China’s Xinxin Yao, as did No. 8 seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan, who was a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5 winner over countrywoman ⁠Polina ​Kudermetova. Also earning first-round victories were Dayeon Back of ​South Korea, Russia’s Alina Korneeva and American Katie Volynets, while No. 7 seed Magda Linette ​of Poland fell 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2) to Darya Astakhova of Russia.